Hormone Balance
When Your Doctor Dismisses Your Symptoms, Could It Be Your Hormones Out of Balance?
When one goes to their doctor with symptoms such as fatigue, foggy brain, irritability, difficulty sleeping, anxiety, depression, decreased sex drive, or in men, erectile dysfunction, the only answer your MD usually has to give you is lose weight, exercise, or give you a sleep aid, an antidepressant or Viagra. But what is the real…
Read MoreEndometrial Cancer. Are you at risk taking hormones? What are the facts? What is the science?
Inevitably every day, I get questions about the risks of taking hormones. The other day was no different except that day the women in front of me broke down in tears as she relayed the story of her appointment with her OB-GYN who she has respected, revered, and believed in for the last 20 years. …
Read MoreHormones are Healing Especially in the Pandemic
In thinking about ways to protect ourselves from getting Covid 19, protect ourselves from future viral pandemics, and how to mitigate symptoms if we get Covid, I circled back to the use of hormones!! I noticed patients having sex hormone levels less than 50% on the normal reference range bell shaped curve tended to have…
Read MoreQuality of Life in the ‘Covid-Age’
As we walk through this “Covid-age”, I see people reflecting and ruminating on what is most important to them over and over again, until the answers come with more and more distinctions. One hormone helping us to see with clearer eyes and mind is Growth Hormone (GH). The Quality of Life Questionnaire, is a way…
Read MoreQuarantine Brain – Growth Hormone Deficiency Syndrome?
Covid 19 seems to have made us all perceive the world in a different way. It feels as if some good things and/or some not so good things have crept into our lives when we weren’t looking. No doubt, Covid 19 and subsequent quarantine has had a profound effect on us. When asking my patients…
Read MoreHistory of Growth Hormone Treatment
History of Growth Hormone Treatment The discovery of Growth Hormone (GH) and its use is fascinating. “The tale is crammed with amazing insights as well as striking errors, serendipity, and unsuccessful labors, triumphs, and defeats.”* The search for GH to be used in GH deficient children began in the 1940’s when researchers discovered GH to…
Read MoreDHEA and Pregnenolone. Two Hormones of More Importance Than Many People Know
DHEA and Pregnenolone Two Hormones of More Importance Than Many People Know Pregnenolone is first in the cascade of what are known as neurosteroids. All neurosteroids are derived from cholesterol and they are called neurosteroids because they all have functions in the brain. Pregnenolone goes down 3 different pathways, one of which is its conversion…
Read MoreEstrogen Is A Very Important Hormone – Estrogen Therapy. Imbalance Symptoms
Estrogen Is A Very Important Hormone – Estrogen Therapy. Imbalance Symptoms Estrogen is a very important hormone, one that regulates many functions in the body. Many women suffer from estrogen hormone imbalance, where the body is producing either too much estrogen or too little. Estrogen imbalance has many serious symptoms, including emotional distress, weight gain,…
Read MoreWhat Does it Really Mean to be Healthy?
Good health and wellness is the growing subject of interest today, but what does it mean to be healthy? Being healthy is about having abounding energy, flexible joints and muscles, and proper brain function –all till we are 100 years old. Being healthy means being excited each day for what it will bring, freedom to…
Read MoreIt’s Not Your Fault!
Why can’t you stop eating sugar, craving salty chips, buying processed foods to save time? It’s not your fault! Your food failures don’t mean you lack willpower. These foods are designed to mess with your brain. Most Americans are undernourished, no matter how much they eat. Learn how to get crucial missing nutrients back into…
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